Prashant Kishor calls decision to not contest Bihar polls ‘mistake’

Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor also admitted that he had not expected that his party would get less than 4 per cent of all votes polled.

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Prashant Kishor accused the NDA government of promising Rs 40,000 crore of people's money, and rolling out a large chunk of it just ahead of the elections. (Express file photo)

Days after facing a crushing defeat in the Bihar Assembly Election, Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) founder Prashant Kishor on Wednesday said his decision not to contest the polls could be considered a “mistake”. He also admitted that he had not expected that his party would get less than 4 per cent votes.

Kishor’s remarks came after the JSP drew a blank in the recently held elections.

Speaking to a news channel, Kishor said: “My decision not to contest polls can be considered a mistake. We have to do a lot to achieve a satisfactory result. I had never expected that our party would get less than 4 per cent votes in the assembly polls.” The former poll strategist also asserted that his effort would continue to win future elections.

“I will not back down without winning Bihar. I don’t know how much time it will take,” he said during the interview.

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Kishor had on Tuesday claimed that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) would have been limited to just 25 seats had his government not given Rs 10,000 to over 60,000 beneficiaries in each constituency just before the assembly elections and promised Rs 2 lakh to 1.5 crore women across the state under a self-employment scheme.

He accused the NDA government of promising Rs 40,000 crore of people’s money, and rolling out a large chunk of it just ahead of the elections.

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